The Taft Apartment Building — New Haven, Connecticut

265 College Street, New Haven, CT
Taft Realty Associates, LLC has proudly owned and managed The Taft Apartments
since 1994. This 13-story residential building contains 194 apartments and 18,000
square feet of retail space located in the center of Yale University.

Considered a New Haven landmark, The Hotel Taft opened its doors on New
Year’s Day, 1912. It was known as a home for notables in theater,
society, art and politics. For eight years after his presidency,
William Howard Taft lived in the hotel that bears his family name while
he taught Law at Yale University. With the Shubert Theater as a next
door neighbor, The Hotel Taft saw many personalities walk through its
elegant entrance during trial runs of Broadway shows: Gloria Swanson,
Mary Martin, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Katherine Hepburn, and Alec Guiness
to name a few. From their rooms at The Hotel Taft, Rogers and Hammerstein
created the classic Broadway tune “Oklahoma.” Several
famous movies featured scenes of The Taft, including Splendor
in the Grass, Death of a Scoundrel, and All About Eve.